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Crime and Punishment

(OWC Hardback)
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
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Crime and Punishment follows the troubled student Raskolnikov, who believes killing an unscrupulous moneylender can justify freeing himself from poverty and serve the greater good. Yet, his act leads to intense psychological torment, guilt, and conflict, heightened by his affection for Sonya and the persistent investigation by detective Porfiry. Set in 19th-century St Petersburg, Dostoevsky explores morality, conscience, and social issues in this enduring classic.
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Recommended for readers interested in classic literature, psychological novels, and philosophical explorations of morality and society. Suitable for senior high school and undergraduate students, as well as general fiction enthusiasts.

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Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. It is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yet contains moments of wild humour.

A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866).

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One death, in exchange for thousands of lives - it's simple arithmetic!

A new translation of Dostoevsky's epic masterpiece, Crime and Punishment (1866). The impoverished student Raskolnikov decides to free himself from debt by killing an old moneylender, an act he sees as elevating himself above conventional morality.

Like Napoleon, he will assert his will, and his crime will be justified by its elimination of 'vermin' for the sake of the greater good. But Raskolnikov is torn apart by fear, guilt, and a growing conscience under the influence of his love for Sonya. Meanwhile, the police detective Porfiry is on his trail.

It is a powerfully psychological novel, in which the St Petersburg setting, Dostoevsky's own circumstances, and contemporary social problems all play their part.

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This edition features a translation noted for stylistic precision and neatness, making it ideal for advanced students. The introduction provides a clear historical and literary context, supporting new readers. The Oxford University Press edition is also praised for its beautiful production and competitive price.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780198709701

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater
  • Edited by Sarah J. Young

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 45.0mm

Width: 151.0mm

Height: 223.0mm

Weight: 676g

Pages: 544

Collections

Classic Fiction Fiction Fyodor Dostoevsky General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection

About the Author

Nicolas Pasternak Slater has translated several works by Boris Pasternak, most recently The Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 (Hoover Press, 2010). For Oxford World's Classics he has translated Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time and Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories. Sarah J. Young is Senior Lecturer in Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, where she teaches and researches nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature, culture and thought. She is the author of Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' and the Ethical Foundations of Narrative (Anthem Press, 2004), and co-editor of Dostoevsky on the Threshold of Other Worlds (Bramcote Press, 2006).

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